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Valerio Manfredi
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Imola 2004. Un uomo fa irruzione in ospedale e si precipita nella stanza in cui giace, tenuto in vita dalle macchine, padre Marco Giraldi, un sacerdote sfuggito ai sicari assoldati dalle multinazionali contro cui si è messo per fermare la distruzione della foresta amazzonica e dei suoi popoli. Perché padre Marco si è sempre battuto per i più deboli. Con qualunque mezzo.
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Roman Emperor Licinius Valerianus and his twelve guards are dragged away to work as prisoners in a solitary Persian turquoise mine. The Emperor dies, but his guards make a daring escape. They meet an exiled Chinese prince, Dan Qing, and agree to safeguard his journey home to reconquest his throne from his mortal enemy, a eunuch named Wei.
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Continuing the international bestselling saga of Alexander the Great, Valerio Massimo Manfredi's The Sands of Ammon brilliantly describes his quest to conquer Asia, the limitless domain ruled by the Great King of the Persians. In a seemingly impossible venture, the mighty Alexander and his men storm Persian fortresses and harbours, crippling King Darius's domain. Even the legendary Halicarnassus is defeated by the Macedonian armies. But there is danger ahead. The island city of Tyre and the towers of Gaza prove to be formidable obstacles. Embattled but undeterred, Alexander's army surges forth over land and sea to the mysterious deserts of Egypt. There, in the sands, lies the Oracle of Ammon, waiting to reveal an amazing truth to Alexander. One that will change his already astonishing life . . .
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THE ENDS OF THE EARTH - ALEXANDER SERIES
Valerio massimo Manfredi
- Pan Books
- 3 Juillet 2014
- 9781447271673
In Valerio Massimo Manfredi's The Ends of the Earth Alexander's epic quest continues through the heart of Asia and on towards the mystery of India. The Macedonian Army march in search of limitless glory, crushing resistance at every turn. The beauty of Babylon is ravaged, the Palace of Persepolis burnt to ashes. An empire is destroyed and a new and bloody era begins. But there are other things on the great conqueror's mind. An ambitious project to unite the peoples of the empire in one homeland begins to obsess him, until the curious beauty of Queen Roxanna gives Alexander the strength to fulfil his destiny . . . A truly compelling and romantic book and a breathtaking conclusion to the bestselling Alexander trilogy.